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Part of the book series: Critical Theory and Practice in Psychology and the Human Sciences (CTPPHS)
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Introduction
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Compass Points
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Psychic Wounds of Colonialism and Globalization
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Springs for Creative Restoration
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Participatory Practices of Liberation Psychologies
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'This landmark book takes us on an unforgettable journey across disciplines, countries, spiritualities, and techniques to teach us twenty-first century psychologies of liberation. Authors Watkins and Shulman transform the discipline of psychology, showing us its connections to all disciplines concerned with liberating the imagination. Across international fields of difference, these authors never give up the prize: social and psychic emancipation. In doing so, they define what 'decoloniality' means for the twenty-first century.' - Chela Sandoval, Associate Professor of Liberation Philosophy, Chair, Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA.
'A scholarly, heartfelt, and desperately needed re-visioning of psychology.' - Dr Craig Chalquist, JFK University, USA
'One cannot help but recommend this text with utmost enthusiasm. Although not by any means a summary of its plural subject, Toward Psychologies of Liberation can be read as multi-layered digest of the major psychological, philosophical, and theological roots of this movement, as well as a review of some of the major problems tackled by theorists and practitioners within the tradition. Watkins& Shulman have crafted for us a major tour de force, broad in scope and encyclopedic in nature.' - Journal of Religion and Health
'Toward Psychologies of Liberation' provides us with a brilliant and timely compilation, in the mode of an appreciative evaluation, of these diverse strands that might be woven into the fabric of critical and progressive social science...This is a path-breaking book, and an enormous service to our scholarly community in the extensiveness and sophistication of its coverage...It is a remarkable work which deserves widespread attention.' - Barnaby B. Barratt, Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society
'[A] carefully crafted, and in places truly inspiring, piece of work...It is my hope that Watkins and Shulman's book opens up thespace for multi-perspective stories, anecdotes and reflective practice of liberatory psychology. of its sucesses as well as its challenges' - Subjectivity
About the authors
Mary Watkins has taught cultural studies, critical race theory, and depth psychologies at several universities in the United States including Sonoma State, St. Lawrence University, and Pacifica Graduate Institute, She is a community activist, Jungian analyst, and workshop leader in liberation arts and psychologies. She has written several articles and book chapters on these subjects, and a monograph, Living at the Edge of Chaos: Complex Systems in Culture and Psyche.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Toward Psychologies of Liberation
Authors: Mary Watkins, Helene Shulman
Series Title: Critical Theory and Practice in Psychology and the Human Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230227736
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-53768-2Published: 15 July 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-0-230-53769-9Published: 15 July 2008
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-22773-6Published: 15 July 2008
Series ISSN: 2946-3556
Series E-ISSN: 2946-3564
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 380
Topics: Social Policy, Personality and Social Psychology, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights, Ethnicity Studies, Social Structure, Social Inequality, Sociology, general